Pets

Stinky skunk dogs need homemade skunk off, and fast! Try this homemade recipe using all-natural ingredients you probably have on hand to get rid of the awful smell and leave your dog smelling fresh again, or at least not so bad. Update 10/16/2018 — Rowan has been skunked FOUR TIMES over the last summer, and…

This is one of the things I remember from when my daughters were newborns – being awake, unwillingly, at 3:00 a.m. and trying to shush a wide-awake and inexplicably crying newborn. Wishing for all the world that babies were as easy to take care of as puppies. Now my girls are seven and five, sleep…

It’s summer, finally. The days are long, the nights are warm and the flowers are blooming. I always spend a lot of time during this season watering the garden and Una, my 14-year-old border collie/blue heeler mix, likes to be there by my side. I’d like to say it’s purely because she loves me, but I…